The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday night to move forward with a stopgap funding bill that would avoid a government shutdown on Saturday. The vote occurred after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer cut a controversial energy-permitting provision from the bill. The bill has several more legislative steps before it passes, but Tuesday’s 72-23 vote is an indicator it has the bipartisan support needed to become law. The spending provisions that remain in the bill include $12.3 billion in new money to help Ukraine turn back Russia’s invasion.Read Long Article
